Ah, I see. I don't think I've ever heard anyone actually say this word and my problem was that it is one of those words that confuse my brain because they look like other languages. It even took me a while to recognise a webaddress that was a Swedish sentence without spaces, because the result looked like a Finnish word... I think I pronounce angst almost like a German word.

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how bout efficacy?

im not even sure i know what it means but occasionally i come across it and i always read it as "efficiency" and then i get tripped up because i know it's the wrong word and then i realize i dont know how it's pronoucned or exactly what it means.

im not even sure i know what it means but occasionally i come across it and i always read it as "efficiency" and then i get tripped up because i know it's the wrong word and then i realize i dont know how it's pronoucned or exactly what it means.

EFF-ih-kuh-see.

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Wait, ängst like "enkst" or angst like "angst"? Becaust Angst in German is /aŋ(k)st/ and Ängst in German is not a word (but would be /ɛŋ(k)st/). Angst means "fear" and Ängste (/ɛŋ(k)stə/ or ENG-stuh means "fears".

I've only ever heard it pronounced /æŋ(k)st/, with the same vowel as in "bank" or "prankster".

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Wait, ängst like "enkst" or angst like "angst"? Becaust Angst in German is /aŋ(k)st/ and Ängst in German is not a word (but would be /ɛŋ(k)st/). Angst means "fear" and Ängste (/ɛŋ(k)stə/ or ENG-stuh means "fears".

I've only ever heard it pronounced /æŋ(k)st/, with the same vowel as in "bank" or "prankster".

Wait, ängst like "enkst" or angst like "angst"? Becaust Angst in German is /aŋ(k)st/ and Ängst in German is not a word (but would be /ɛŋ(k)st/). Angst means "fear" and Ängste (/ɛŋ(k)stə/ or ENG-stuh means "fears".

I've only ever heard it pronounced /æŋ(k)st/, with the same vowel as in "bank" or "prankster".

Wait, ängst like "enkst" or angst like "angst"? Becaust Angst in German is /aŋ(k)st/ and Ängst in German is not a word (but would be /ɛŋ(k)st/). Angst means "fear" and Ängste (/ɛŋ(k)stə/ or ENG-stuh means "fears".

I've only ever heard it pronounced /æŋ(k)st/, with the same vowel as in "bank" or "prankster".

According to that site 're-NAYG' is the British pronunciation, thanks. I asked about English (as in from England) specifically since the non-Americans answering were from Ireland and Scottland... at times vowel sounds differ (as I'm sure you know). Sometimes I wonder what my accent sounds like to native speakers. It's pretty clear I'm not, but my accent isn't Swedish either. I try to keep it mostly British, but I know I have some American influenced tendencies. It's hard not to since it's the type of English I hear the most. And because my cookbooks are North American I use American words for things relating to food and cooking.